New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New England Revolution

2 – 1

Full Time

Columbus Crew SC

Sat 18 Apr 2026 · 23:30 UTC Gillette Stadium 16,257 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 24' Max Arfsten

Dor Turgeman 54' 1–1

Carles Gil pen 85' 2–1

Y 71' Andre Gomes

Matt Turner 71' Y

Y 87' Max Arfsten

Y 90' Rudy Camacho

Overview

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New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Gillette Stadium.

New England Revolution 27 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Timothy Ford
Assistant 1 Chris Wattam
Assistant 2 Michael Nickerson (USA)

6 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 9.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	27	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

New England Revolution 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-18 New England Revolution 2–1 Columbus Crew SC 2025-08-23 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New England Revolution 2025-03-02 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew SC 2024-10-12 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 New England Revolution 2024-06-29 New England Revolution 1–5 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–1	W
11 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	1–0	W
04 Apr	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–0	W
22 Mar	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
15 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	6–1	W
28 Feb	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
12 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
04 Apr	Atlanta United FC	A	3–1	W
21 Mar	Toronto FC	A	1–2	L
14 Mar	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
08 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

New England Revolution		Columbus Crew SC
#3	Position	#12
46	Points	29
27	Played	27
14 / 4 / 9	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 14
45	Scored	39
36	Conceded	43
+9	GD	-4
1.70	PPG	1.07
52%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New England Revolution are 3rd (46 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New England Revolution

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

7/5

46-60

6/2

61-75

2/4

76+

10/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New England Revolution

Carles Gil	12 G	4 A
Dor Turgeman	7 G	7 A
Peyton Miller	7 G	4 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' New England Revolution have kicked off against Columbus Crew SC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New England Revolution needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. New England Revolution must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' New England Revolution seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
17' Time for substitution for New England Revolution. Brayan Ceballos is replaced by Peyton Miller.
22' Supporters expect more eagerness from Will Sands, as he is very good at scoring at Gillette Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
24' GOAL! Max Arfsten scores on 24. Assisted by Diego Rossi
29' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
34' Over 34 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
39' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
44' Andre Gomes is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
49' Both keepers have barely been tested. New England Revolution and Columbus Crew SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
54' What composure from Dor Turgeman! The Israel international strokes it home. 1-1.
59' Jamal Thiare has been relatively quiet despite scoring 43 goals in his last 433 appearances.
64' A quiet spell here at Gillette Stadium. Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
67' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Daniel Gazdag has done his job and it is now time for Jamal Thiare to step up.
71' Andre Gomes has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 71.
76' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hugo Picard made 423 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
81' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New England Revolution and Columbus Crew SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
85' GOAL! Carles Gil fires home to make it 2-1!
86' New England Revolution make a change. Luca Langoni trudges off to be replaced by Diego Fagundez on 86 minutes.
87' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Max Arfsten on 87 minutes.
87' The crowd applauds Andre Gomes as he leaves the pitch. Sekou Bangoura steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
88' Steven Moreira makes way for Nəriman Axundzadə at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
90' Rudy Camacho has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 90.
90' New England Revolution make a change. Dor Turgeman trudges off to be replaced by Eric Klein on 90 minutes.
The points are shared — New England Revolution 2-1 Columbus Crew SC. Honours even.

Lineups

New England Revolution Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marko Mitrovic

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

20
Andre Gomes ↓ Sekou Bangoura 87'
31
Steven Moreira ↓ Nəriman Axundzadə 88'
7
Dylan Chambost
18
Malte Amundsen
10
Diego Rossi
4
Rudy Camacho
8
Daniel Gazdag ↓ Jamal Thiare 67'
28
Patrick Schulte
25
Sean Zawadzki
30
Hugo Picard ↓ Marcelo Herrera 67'
27
Max Arfsten

Bench

Coach Henrik Rydström

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	5
Alexandru Matan	3
Adam Buksa	3
Diego Rossi	2
Max Arfsten	2
Carles Gil	2
Dor Turgeman	2
Gustavo Bou	2

Head to Head

New England Revolution Form

2026-04-18 New England Revolution 2–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-04-11 New England Revolution 1–0 D.C. United SC W 2026-04-04 New England Revolution 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2026-03-22 St. Louis City 3–1 New England Revolution L 2026-03-15 New England Revolution 6–1 FC Cincinnati W 2026-02-28 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New England Revolution L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2026-04-18 New England Revolution 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-04-12 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2026-04-04 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-03-21 Toronto FC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-03-14 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Nashville SC L 2026-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.85 New England Revolution xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.39 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution49% Draw24% Columbus Crew SC27%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.24

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw

74%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

51%

New England Revolution or Columbus Crew SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New England Revolution35% Draw42% Columbus Crew SC23%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

6.6%

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

4.7%

3 – 0

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap	New England Revolution covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	20%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.